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Boldly Breaking Barriers

January 27, 2025

Sam Lai has founded multiple startups by studying underexplored processes in the body — like mucus production.

It’s the Mucins that Matter

June 26, 2014

UNC Marsico Lung Institute researchers overturn a controversial study and show how too many mucin proteins in mucus can worsen cystic fibrosis.

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